South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-04-29

of tue witness himself. Thought he
} dill it SO badly thst next morning |
suggested to his son and one or two
Of his friends the propriety and ,m.
por,ance Of his securing COUNSEL. The
committee examined 20 other wine
for a day afterwards. DIR. Band SIS
J then represented by Dir. Brsnucn, of
the Weston bar, and be subjected CIV.
cry important witness sgainst his eli.
ent to skiifal and r'gid cross exam.
instion. feel very safe iu sayi1p
that Mr.. Brannon will not say tie
committee did not give him all the
time he asked to ''repiy to the impli>
eating testimony" or that any OF his
rights or privileges were entsiled in
the slighes. degree. The coz mittee
carefully hoard AMI impartiaIly con.
sidered III testimony he offered. DR..
Bland voluntarily closed his case
without: the slightest suggestion from
the committee that he should do SO.
feel qui'e sure l told his counsel
.se7eral times during presentation of
his evidence TO take his time and give
the committee all the evidence lie
could ito repel the imp eating tss.i-
mony."
DIR. BLAND
teftifisd before the committee in bis
own behalf and under his solemn oath,
admitted all The essential parts Of The
"imptica ting testimony" He attempt.
ed to ex,ricate himself FROM the d..
lemma In which the duplicating ties.
limoDy" placed bim by SWEARING he
Was making med cal examinations Of
female patients-he admitted that he
made such examinations of female pa.
tients unattended by any other female
) and that said female patients were af-
fiiotei with nymphomdnid. Now.
without charging d.. Bland with I'm.
pare motives" edmitting all he said
J about II TO be strictly true, the com
miltee characteriz d such conduct in
the Superintendent Of that great State
institution as "inde licate end repre-
Lensible." What word could We tiud
of a mider type with which tru' hiul
( " to characterize such conduct
Would either of the gentlemen WHO
, signed that special report tolera'c such
, conduct on the part Of DIR. Biani, or
. any other physician, in their private
families Most ussuredly not. If
|, not, why excuse such conduct in him
, as tie head Of this great State Lus
, manitarian institution? True many
, of the unfortunate women i'm tho Hos i.
, piial are objects OF public charity,
nevertheless the comm tee though.
{ they were and are entitled 10 tho same
delicate, kind, tender, and eipoc ful
/. treat III mt accorded to others In more
| fortunate circumstances. During our
3 entire Investigation we Iii not hear
, even .he shade OF shadow OF snspi-
cion or complaint against the conduct
, OF Dr.. Lewis, the first assistant ply
} sicidn for the female side Of TIE Hos
: pi,a'. Why? Because 1t was shown
. to us that he never made or attempt.
3 ed to IT AXE one Of thes MEDICAL ex
e aminations without the presence OF
a the matron or some female attendant.
@ How much better would it have been
4 for the interest Of the State. the Hos
y pital for the Insane md for DIR. Bl.Ld
> himself, If he lad pursued the sane
2 course stead Ct the one he did, res
G lying, as he sail lie did, upon bis oge
and previous character 20 protect him
D and the institution from scandal.
The evidence taken by the commits &c
/. will be submitted 10 the Legislature
= which conveDes in extra session in 4
> day or so. and invite especial 0pen-
9 ton to tha' portion Of il which the
q Board terms .he "implcpting testi
r mony," including that Of DR.. Bland,
so far rs / am Individually concerned,
e / coufidentiaily rest the conclusion OF
Z the committee upon the testimony oil
Q DR.. Bland himself. IL matters not
+. whether the witnesses who delivered
the "impii cstipg testimony" are trust
r worthy or no' tthoy were, bowevet.
uDimpeached before us). DR.. Blar d,
D as l have before laid. admitted all
the material duplicating facts In
= their testimony.
The late Boar, in its remarkable
. special report" denies the commit
tees statement regarding the "per.
sistent
MISUSE or THE LIQUOR
b. at the Hospital" and say from the
I very trequent Indulgence In tho use
Of The Hospital whisky during the
brief and hurried visit OF this ruves.
, ti9atiug committee, which is jUyntel
To 10, We hazard nothing 10 saying,
that the supply will be more suroy
= preseryed eho uld some Cf them de.
tetmine to occupy q moie distant fe-
latiou 10 ihe institution" In reply
. 10 this bsseless insinua' ion have This
To say: The first visit / made TO tie
Hospital, after reaching Weston, was
on Tuesday evening, February 9Th
in company with Mr. Hubbard aud
DR.. Summers. 1 think we found there
Judge Brarnon end Judge Camden.
At that time I was not even aware
that liquor vas kept In the Hospital
, a Siaie expense, or that any tonne,
Investigating committee bad ever, dI-
ring DR.. BANDS administration, ex-
emined into The extrsvagant use Of
! IL there. We we're not inside the
Hospital over fifteen minutes before
J DR.. Bland hUtted us 10 tske a drink.
Judge Camden and myself, think
accepted the invitation. | am posi-